theDreamer's Z

m4a1mustang · 01-22-2013, 08:20 AM

Matt: put more miles on loaner cars than he has on his 370z.

theDreamer · 01-22-2013, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Matt: put more miles on loaner cars than he has on his 370z.

Hey, anything to keep the value of my own car high....

theDreamer · 02-17-2013, 11:34 AM

Been busy lately, but some minor updates to the car.
~Z1 Hood Struts
~Stoptech Pads
~Z1 Premium SS Lines
~Z1 15MM Spacers (Stud replacement)
~Motul RBF 600 Fluid
~Stillen J-hook Rotors

Z1 hood struts went on quickly & easily, was able to do it without raising the car even though I am lowered. The use of the fiancee's small hands helped and turning the wheel. Over the holidays I did a brake overhaul, and wow has this changed the braking. I have yet to have the opportunity to truly test this since the install, but hopefully soon with some cruises coming up here. Ignore the dirty wheels, the car had sat for a week when I took the picture.

shadoquad · 02-17-2013, 12:59 PM

nice upgrades

TX_370 · 02-20-2013, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

Been busy lately, but some minor updates to the car.
~Z1 Hood Struts
~Stoptech Pads
~Z1 Premium SS Lines
~Z1 15MM Spacers (Stud replacement)
~Motul RBF 600 Fluid
~Stillen J-hook Rotors

Z1 hood struts went on quickly & easily, was able to do it without raising the car even though I am lowered. The use of the fiancee's small hands helped and turning the wheel. Over the holidays I did a brake overhaul, and wow has this changed the braking. I have yet to have the opportunity to truly test this since the install, but hopefully soon with some cruises coming up here. Ignore the dirty wheels, the car had sat for a week when I took the picture.

Your car is still gray though...

theDreamer · 02-20-2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TX_370

Your car is still gray though...

Platinum Graphite.....

Rusty · 02-20-2013, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TX_370

Your car is still gray though...

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

Platinum Graphite.....

50 shades of Nissan gray.

theDreamer · 02-21-2013, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

50 shades of Nissan gray.

theDreamer · 06-30-2013, 05:27 PM

Small update, the misses got me Polk DB6501 Component System for my birthday and installed. Even with running off the HU this is a solid upgrade over the factory system and glad I can listen to music with out pops & crackles.

theDreamer · 07-01-2013, 03:19 PM

Have some maintenance items to work on the next coming weeks, along with trying to redo some of my audio items. With the change to the speakers it is pushing me to make the audio area exactly the way I want.

I plan to reroute my iPod cable from the passenger cubby area to the center where the 3 fake buttons are. I found a setup done by .c2 on the forum and plan to replicate his idea. Link to the picture: Image

-Idle issue (MAF cleaning, boost leak check)
-Supercharger filter change
-Supercharger fluid change
-Custom iPod dock
-Re-route iPod cable
-HU dash kit replacement & adjustments

theDreamer · 08-19-2013, 11:37 AM

Some more minor updates.
-Rerouted my iPod cable finally so I can keep my passenger cubby door closed, ran it to one of the blank center buttons for the time. Working on removing all the buttons (mine do nothing now) and making a custom iPhone dock so I can easily throw my phone in and connect.
-Installing front & rear Z emblems
-Installing test pipes
-A dyno tune is scheduled for September 13 with Kozmic Motorsports, hoping this fixes all the "little" issues such as the idle problem

Also picked up a Seibon TS hood and have started doing some data logging with my OEM hood and will repeat with the Seibon TS hood for comparison. Can follow that in this thread: OEM Hood v Seibon TS Testing

theDreamer · 09-20-2013, 12:05 PM

Things completed recently:
-TP installed
-90% re-tune
-Fixed almost all drive ability issues

TP are on and back to my old full flowing exhaust sound, still a little drone around 2000-2500 but that is the price of performance. On my re-tune, the car is miles above what it was and Eric at Kozmic is doing a wonderful job. Ran into a couple minor issues when he was tuning WOT, but everything else was finished.

-Fixed idle issue, this was due to the MAF & fuel tables needing to be set properly, was not done.
-Fixed SRM bouncing when down shifting, SRM would ping 3,500 RPM and then drop down to 3,100 and bounce between the two.
-Adjusted fan speeds, could have been more aggressive but will see how it works for now.

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12nismo · 09-20-2013, 02:25 PM

Daniel, you got a problem with gray???

theDreamer · 09-20-2013, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 12nismo

Daniel, you got a problem with gray???

Daniel has a lot of problems....look at what he bought.

theDreamer · 01-06-2014, 10:16 AM

Finally got around to adding my hood which has been sitting around. Dropped it off, painted, and installed and it turned out great. Only issue is there is a leak on the passenger side that I need to have them fix since the hood installed, it is coming from behind the passenger glove box up high. Thinking maybe a grommet or rubber seal was left off by accident.

Exterior:

Interior view from driver seat:

01-22-2013, 08:20 AM	#766 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Matt: put more miles on loaner cars than he has on his 370z. TX_370 likes this. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

02-17-2013, 11:34 AM	#768 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	Been busy lately, but some minor updates to the car. ~Z1 Hood Struts ~Stoptech Pads ~Z1 Premium SS Lines ~Z1 15MM Spacers (Stud replacement) ~Motul RBF 600 Fluid ~Stillen J-hook Rotors Z1 hood struts went on quickly & easily, was able to do it without raising the car even though I am lowered. The use of the fiancee's small hands helped and turning the wheel. Over the holidays I did a brake overhaul, and wow has this changed the braking. I have yet to have the opportunity to truly test this since the install, but hopefully soon with some cruises coming up here. Ignore the dirty wheels, the car had sat for a week when I took the picture. docaam and b1adesofcha0s like this. __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

06-30-2013, 05:27 PM	#774 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	Small update, the misses got me Polk DB6501 Component System for my birthday and installed. Even with running off the HU this is a solid upgrade over the factory system and glad I can listen to music with out pops & crackles. __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

07-01-2013, 03:19 PM	#775 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	Have some maintenance items to work on the next coming weeks, along with trying to redo some of my audio items. With the change to the speakers it is pushing me to make the audio area exactly the way I want. I plan to reroute my iPod cable from the passenger cubby area to the center where the 3 fake buttons are. I found a setup done by .c2 on the forum and plan to replicate his idea. Link to the picture: Image -Idle issue (MAF cleaning, boost leak check) -Supercharger filter change -Supercharger fluid change -Custom iPod dock -Re-route iPod cable -HU dash kit replacement & adjustments __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

08-19-2013, 11:37 AM	#776 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	Some more minor updates. -Rerouted my iPod cable finally so I can keep my passenger cubby door closed, ran it to one of the blank center buttons for the time. Working on removing all the buttons (mine do nothing now) and making a custom iPhone dock so I can easily throw my phone in and connect. -Installing front & rear Z emblems -Installing test pipes -A dyno tune is scheduled for September 13 with Kozmic Motorsports, hoping this fixes all the "little" issues such as the idle problem Also picked up a Seibon TS hood and have started doing some data logging with my OEM hood and will repeat with the Seibon TS hood for comparison. Can follow that in this thread: OEM Hood v Seibon TS Testing __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

02-17-2013, 12:59 PM	#769 (permalink)
shadoquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 42,608 Drives: . Rep Power: 3886	nice upgrades

09-20-2013, 12:05 PM	#777 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	Things completed recently: -TP installed -90% re-tune -Fixed almost all drive ability issues TP are on and back to my old full flowing exhaust sound, still a little drone around 2000-2500 but that is the price of performance. On my re-tune, the car is miles above what it was and Eric at Kozmic is doing a wonderful job. Ran into a couple minor issues when he was tuning WOT, but everything else was finished. -Fixed idle issue, this was due to the MAF & fuel tables needing to be set properly, was not done. -Fixed SRM bouncing when down shifting, SRM would ping 3,500 RPM and then drop down to 3,100 and bounce between the two. -Adjusted fan speeds, could have been more aggressive but will see how it works for now. ( Click to show/hide ) __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

09-20-2013, 02:25 PM	#778 (permalink)
12nismo Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 153 Drives: 2012 370z nismo Rep Power: 15	Daniel, you got a problem with gray??? __________________ nismo Z34 12 0209 JTran Motorsports//Stillen//Fast Intentions//EcuTek//Z1 Motorsports//Eibach//BRIDE //Zspeed//Carbon Signal//Houston Halos//Southbend//Whiteline//TWM//NonStopTuning//Doran Racing

01-06-2014, 10:16 AM	#780 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	Finally got around to adding my hood which has been sitting around. Dropped it off, painted, and installed and it turned out great. Only issue is there is a leak on the passenger side that I need to have them fix since the hood installed, it is coming from behind the passenger glove box up high. Thinking maybe a grommet or rubber seal was left off by accident. Exterior: Interior view from driver seat: simota1, EZT, swiss370Z and 1 others like this. __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram